Heritage Bowl

Heritage Bowl (defunct)
StadiumGeorgia Dome
LocationAtlanta
Previous stadiumsHard Rock Stadium (1991)
Bragg Memorial Stadium (1993)
Previous locationsMiami Gardens, Florida (1991)
Tallahassee, Florida (1993)
Operated1991–1999
Conference tie-insMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Sponsors
Alamo (1991)[1]
Jim Walter Homes (1995)[2]
McDonald's (1996[3]–1999)[4]

The Heritage Bowl was an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) bowl game held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The bowl pitted a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) against a team from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). It was hoped that it would become a true national championship game for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).[1] It was a successor to the Pelican Bowl, which matched MEAC and SWAC teams during the 1970s,[5] and a predecessor to the Celebration Bowl of the 2010s.

  1. ^ a b "Heritage Bowl: Can It Work?". Sun Sentinel. March 23, 1992. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jim Walter Homes Heritage Bowl V: Florida A&M University vs. Southern University (game program)". prestoimages.com. 1995.
  3. ^ "McDonald's Heritage Bowl VI: Southern University vs. Howard University (game program)". i.ebayimg.com. 1996.
  4. ^ "McDonald's Heritage Bowl: Bethune–Cookman College vs. Southern University (game program)". i.ebayimg.com. 1999.
  5. ^ Earnest Reese (December 21, 1996). "Heritage Bowl struggling for acceptance". Atlanta Journal and Constitution (sec. H, p. 9).